Horace S. Fries Papers, 1921-1951
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Title: Horace S. Fries Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1921-1951

Creator:
  • Fries, Horace Snyder, 1902-1951
Call Number: Mss 518

Quantity: 2.6 c.f. (7 archives boxes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Papers of Horace S. Fries, a Lawrence College and University of Wisconsin philosophy and psychology professor, who was a proponent of John Dewey's philosophy and interested in social planning, philosophy and democracy, and the ethics of science. Included is correspondence with John Dewey, Clarence A. Dykstra, Edwin B. Fred, Sydney Hook, Philip La Follette, David Lilienthal, Max Otto, and other University of Wisconsin professors and administrators; writings and speeches, including his Ph.D. dissertation, “The Development of Dewey's Utilitarianism”; a file on the Wisconsin State Government In-Service Training Apprenticeship Program which he supervised; and a file on “Vanguard,” an experiment in naturalistic religion based on Dewey's A Common Faith.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00518
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